The remaining population, the Factionless, have no status or privilege.
Upon turning 16, children undergo a serum-induced psychological aptitude
test which indicates their best-suited faction, but can choose any
faction as their permanent group at the subsequent Choosing Ceremony.
Beatrice Prior
was born into Abnegation, which runs the government. Her father Andrew
serves on the ruling council along with Abnegation's leader Marcus
Eaton. After her test results show equal attributes of multiple factions
(Abnegation, Erudite, and Dauntless), marking her as Divergent, her
proctor Tori Wu, a Dauntless woman, records her results as Abnegation,
warns her to conceal her true results, and says that because Divergents
can think independently and sense any serums injected into them, the
government feels they threaten the existing social order.
Review: The story
develops and takes on an urgency as secrets are revealed. A political
machination is at work slowly removing people who are declared to
be Divergents. As these individuals do not fit easily into any single
faction. They are able to blend into multiple factions with a level
of ease that makes political leaders uneasy. Especially as government
is not able to control them. Beatrice Prior learns of this plot and
has to work quickly to save herself and other Dviergents.
This story does
resemble many other movies. I'm sure you'll be able to think of the
similarities to other movies. For a formula movie this one is easy
to watch and has a good storyline.
M J Flack